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It will be the first time the Barber twins have teamed up on a call, but they don’t anticipate any hiccups. At least not with each other.

Tiki has had an on again, off again relationship with the Giants fan base over the years, stemming from his retirement at the end of the 2006 season and his critical comments of then-head coach Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning.

But that’s not going to make him walk on eggshells. Tiki fully intends to call Sunday’s game as he sees it, even if it rubs New Yorkers the wrong way.

“I just tell the truth. You know how it is in New York — if you tell the truth and it’s not what they want to hear, you’re a traitor,” Barber told the Tampa Bay Times. “That’s not my goal. That’s not my objective. I’ve actually been one of Eli’s bigger supporters in aggregate.

“When times have come when he’s played poorly, for instance when he led the league in interceptions, I wouldn’t be doing my job if I said ‘Oh, he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread.’ I have to call it like I see it, and sometimes that rubs New Yorkers the wrong way, even if they agree with what I say.”

Barber, who remains the franchise leader with 10,449 rushing yards, will also meet with Giants players, including the aforementioned Eli Manning, during pregame production meetings.

He insists there are no hard feelings over his comments post-retirement.

“Eli and I and his wife and my wife had a nice little conversation at the Robin Hood Foundation dinner a couple of months ago. We’ve never been adversarial,” Barber told Newsday. “I read a headline: ‘Eli’s harshest critic.’ I’m like, c’mon, really?”